IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sierra
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA005015
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA005015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37487
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.5313873
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8005524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 60 yards NE of intersection of Shenandoah Road. Shenandoah School Road in the NE1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: California on Jameson Ranch.
  • State: California
  • County: CA005—Amador
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grant Kennedy, Bob Sketchley, John Rogers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sierra
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sierra
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    0

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    12.3

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    0

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    0

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—114

    —38—

    —76—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    9

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    491

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    180

    838

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 33 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22930
    AB—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 49 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22931. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680507; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680507
    BA—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22932. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680504; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680504
    Bt1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22933. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680505; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680505
    Bt2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 19 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22934. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680506; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680506
    BC—114 to 168 centimeters (44.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22935. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680503; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680503
    C—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 9 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine pores; coats between sand grains and clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A22936. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680502